Cardinal Joseph Zen: In China There Is No Truth, ‘Everything Is Fake’ Cardinal Joseph Zen has denounced proponents of an “imminent” accord between China and the Vatican, saying that the Church is setting itself up for disaster. Last year, Pope Francis publicly defended Communist China's practice of religious liberty, insisting that in China churche...

Trump commits U.S. to open-ended Afghanistan war; Taliban vow 'graveyard' | Reuters President Donald Trump committed U.S. troops to an open-ended war in Afghanistan, a decision the Afghan government welcomed on Tuesday but which Taliban insurgents warned would make the country a "graveyard for the American empire". via drudgereport.com http:...

N. Korea threatens preemptive strike on Guam as tensions rise - Hawaii News Now - KGMB and KHNL North Korea says it's "carefully examining" plans for launching a preemptive strike against Guam, hours after the Trump administration warned the rogue nation to drop its threats against the United States or face "fire and fury." ​ via drudgereport....

New Device Allows Cops To Download All Of Your Smartphone Activity In Seconds | Zero Hedge Now, technology exists that would give police the power to plug drivers' phones into tablet-like devices — being called " textalyzers " in the media — that tell officers exactly what they were doing on their phone and exactly when they were doing it. And if t...

Philippines' Duterte says didn't seek U.S. support in city siege | Reuters The seizure of Marawi on May 23 by hundreds of local and foreign fighters has alarmed Southeast Asian nations, which fear the ultra-radical group Islamic State is trying to establish a stronghold on Mindanao that could threaten their region. The Pentagon, which has no perman...

U.S. Begins Providing Weapons To Syrian Kurds… | The Last Refuge (Via Reuters) The United States has started distributing arms to Syrian Kurdish fighters battling to help retake the city of Raqqa from Islamic State, a U.S. official told Reuters on Tuesday, as the United States moved ahead with a plan despite concerns by ally Turkey. The official sa...

Mattis: We Have Shifted From Obama ‘Attrition’ Strategy To ‘Annihilation’ Strategy… | Weasel Zippers Defense Secretary James Mattis says the United States has now shifted its military strategy against ISIS from "attrition tactics" to "annihilation." In an interview aired Sunday on CBS News' "Face The Nation," Mattis said "our strategy right now is ...